Toy pistol



Feb. v26 ,4924.

1C. L. BUNTEN TOY PISTOL Filed Jan. 8, 1923 Patented Feb. Z6, i924.

CLAUDE L. BUNTEN, OF RAWLINS, WYOMING.

TOY PISTOL.

Application led January 8, 1923.

To all whom t may concern Be it kno-wn that l, CLAUDE L. BUNTEN, acitizen oi' the United States, and resident of Rawlins, in the county ofCarbon and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and useful lmprovementin a Toy Pistol, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toys, and more particularly to a toy gun whichhave illustrated in the form of a. magazine pistol.

Among the objects of my invention is the provision of a toy gun of thischaracter that is provided with a magazine so that it may be used as arepeater and thereby shoot a number of shot or pellets successivelywithout the necessity of reloading after each shot. Another object of myinvention is the provision of a novel carrier into which the shot orpellets are deposited prior to the projecting of the same from the toyone by one. A further object resides in providing a novel triggermechanism in connection with a toy gun. Another object is the provisionof a novel arrangement of guide rods or guides which are so constructedthat one of them provides a container or magazine in which the shot orpellets are stored, and these two guides are so arranged that they willretard or stop the outward movement or" the carrier without jar when thesame is approaching the limit of its outward movement. Further objectsreside in providing a novel toy pistol or gun that is readily fabricatedfrom sheet metal, is easy to operate and may be quickly set and fired.Also, I have in view the provision of a toy that is of simpleconstruction so that it may be readily manufactured for a moderateprice, and the element for moving the carrier or holder and causing theprojection of a shot or pellet is of simple form, preferably an elasticrubber band of the well known type so that it may be readily replaced. lprefer to carry out my invention in accomplishing the aforesaid objectsin substantially the manner hereinafter fully described, and as moreparticularly pointed out in the claims, reference now being made to theaccompanyingdrawings that form a part of this speciication, in whichFig. 1 is a vertical side elevation of my toy pistol embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof, the handle or gripbeing broken away.

Fig. 8 is a vertical transverse section Serial No. 611,269.

drawn to an enlarged scale, and taken on line 3--3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 4--4, Fig. 2.

In the drawings, similar reference characters designate like partswhereve-r they occur throughout the several views, and by referring,first, to Fig. 1, it will be observed the structure preferably comprisesa handle or grip 5 of any convenient shape so that it may be easilygrasped by the hand, which handle is arranged laterally intermediate theends of the barrel portion of the pistol. The handle or grip 5, as wellas most of the other elements of my device, are formed of sheet metal,or the like, of a suitable gauge for rigidity and convenience inmanufacture. v

Suitably secured to the upper portion o handle or grip 5 is the lowerguide member of the barrel element, which, as seen in detail in Fig. 3consists of a piece of elongated metal bent longitudinally to provide acorrugation 6 of U-shape in cross section. The side walls of thiscorrugation 6 are disposed vertically, as seen in Fig. 3, with theconnection portion of the U uppermost or inverted. The edge portions ofthis piece of metal are bent longitudinally outwardly and upwardly, asat 7 to provide outwardly extending flanges that stiften the barrel togive the same a rounded off appearance. The opposite guide member, whichis disposed above guide 6, consists of an elongated piece of metal alsobent longitudinally between its edges to provide a corrugation 8 whichis positioned opposite corrugation 6, and the upper edge: portions ofthe U formed by this strip of metal are bent outwardly and downwardly,as at 9- in Fig. 3, toward flanges 7 of the lower uide.

g intermediate its height corrugation 8 is provided with longitudinalindentations 10 upon its opposite walls so that the edges ott theindentations approximately meet or abut each other, and the spacebetween the same and the central bent portion of corrugation 8 provide amagazine 11 in which the shot or pellets are deposited and from whichthey are fed to the discharging mechanism in the manner hereinafterdescribed. For the purpose of retaining the shot or pellets in themagazine the outer end is closed by a removable plug 12 (Fig. 2).Adjacent its outer end the metal forming the upper guide is providedwith oppositely disposed lateral pieces 13 that are bent downwardly andaround the surfaces of the lateral portions 7, 7, of the opposite orlower guide, and are secured thereto so as to maintain the outerportions of the guides in the desired spaced relation to each other.Intermediate its ends the upper guide member is provided with oppositelyarranged lateral pieces 14C that are similarly bent downwardly and underflanges 7 of the lower guide in the form of a band or strap which actsas a stop for the rubber band which propels the carrier `or projection,as will hereinafter more fully appear.

lA post 15 is provided upon each of the lateral extensions 13,heretofore mentioned, to y'receive the looped ends of an elastic orrubber band 16 which, intermediate its ends, is passed through orengaged with the carrier, also tobe hereinafter described. Pivotallymounted upon a pintle 17 passing through the side walls of the upperguide member is a feed dog 18, of the bell crank class, having arearwardly and downwardly extending arm 19 that is normally projectedthrough a slot 20 in the lower portion of the wall of corrugation 8, andpreferably to the rear of a discharge opening 21 in said wall throughwhich the shot or pellets are discharged, one by one. The forwardportion of feed dog 18 is provided with a notch 22 of suitabledimensions to receive and discharge one of the pellets or shot throughdischarge opening 21 in the guide so as to deposit it in the carrier orprojector.v ,ln order to position the dog so as to receive a shot orpellet. the same is pressed downwardly at its rear by means of one endof a spring 23, thev opposite end of which is downwardly disposed toengage a bell crank arm of a carrier latch. In this position the rearlip of notch 22 will act as a stop and close opening 21 against furtherdischarge of the shot or pellets. As noted in Fig. 2 the relativelocation of the latch dog and the discharge opening is such that thepellets or shot will not be gravitated from opening 21 until the carrieror projector has reached a position similar to that shown in Fig. 2where it is engaged by the trigger mechanism and held in its retractedor pulledback position, in which position notch 22 with the pellettherein is opposite discharge opening 21.

The carrier structure comprises a cage 24 of suitable dimensions, andits upper and lower portions are bent inwardly to provide channels 25and 26, respectively, that ride upon the respective eorrugations 8 and6, substantially in the manner shown in section in Fig. 3. The carrier211 is preferably made of a4 sheet of metal bent in substantially thevshape shown in Fig. 3 with the side portion thereof cut out insubstantially the resa-,eso

by inertia when the carrier is propelled forwardly for the dischargethereof. This is accomplished by providing an upwardly inclinedportion,"as at 28, at the rear of which is a forwardly inclined rear orback wall 29 to prevent the shot or pellets being accidentallydischarged rearwardly, and to form a member against which the shotimpinges while the carrier is traversing its path to a position todischarge the shot or pellet.

As noted in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the l pocket for the shot or pelletis provided with an upstanding flange or wall 81 at the front endthereof at a height below the position of the shot or pellet when thecarrier or slide is in action or moving forwardly under which conditionsthe pellet or shot will ride up incline 28 against rear wall 29 of thepocket. When the slide has reached the limit of its forward movcmentitssudden stoppage will discharge the shot axially from the muzzle end ofthe pistol and over wall 31 just described. The purpose of this wall isto prevent the shot or pellet from being accidentally lost after beingdeposited in the pocket and prior to the discharge from the toy. Y

The angle of the pocket and the inclination of its rear portion 28 maybe of such dimensions as may be desired for the particular construction,and l have ascertained that an angle of 45 inclination and a pocket of900 angle is most effective.

The carrier or runner is provided upon opposite sides with a verticaltransverse connecting piece 30 between which and the rear end of thecarrier is inserted the elastic rubber band so that when the carrier orslide is drawn rearwardly the elastic band 16 will be stretched,and'when the carrier or slide is released by the trigger it will moveforward to discharge the shot or pellet. The top wall of the carrier,forming channel 25, is of such length that it prevents the depositing ofthe shot or pellet through opening 21 in the maga-Zine and from thenceto the pocket, until the carrier has been moved to the rear and isengaged by the latch member of the trigger. This prevents a shot orpellet being discharged through opening 22 into the carrier prior to thelatter being latched, which, inthe event the person sing the toy shouldperbil iasaeeo mit the carrier to slip from the fingers while beingretracted, the shot would not be discharged or propelled therefrom.

At the rear of the barrel of the pistol the guides are connected by apiece of metal 32 that surrounds the rear ends of the guides and forms abox-like enclosure for the breech end of the pistol. Mounted upon apintle 83 is a bell crank latch, one arm 3e thereof extends downwardlybelow the lower guide and is engaged by an end of spring 23. The otherarm 86 of the bellcrank is provided with a latch tooth 37 that isengageable with a transverse piece 38 on the carrier, preferably at therear end thereof so that when the carrier is moved rearwardly to set thetoy tooth 37 will ride under cross-piece 38 and latch the carrieragainst forward movement until the structure has been released by thetrigger linger piece.

The rear end of the upper wall of the carrier is preferably the elementwhich operates and trips the feed dog to deposit a shot or pellet in thepocket at the moment the carrier has been latched. Mounted in the lowerguide so as to reciprocate longitudinally in corrugation 6 is a triggerrod 39 that is elongated and at its rear end is provided with anextension l0 that suitably engages with the lower portion of thedepending arm 34 of the bell-crank latch. The forward end of trigger rod39 is provided with a suitably shaped transverse finger piece 4:2e andintermediate its ends the trigger bar passes through recesses 43 formedin opposite walls of handle or grip 5, and is also guided by a strap 46secured transversely to the undersurfaces of anges 7 of the lower guide.

lt is obvious that when the carri-er has been latched and the shot orpellet deposited in the pocket thereof the pistol may be aimed by meansof the forward and rear sights la and 415, respectively, and when inthis position finger piece 42 is retracted which moves arm 84 of thebell-crank rearwardly against spring 85 and releases the latch tooth 37from cross-bar 38 of the carrier. rlhe elastic band 16 then draws thecarrier forwardly in a rapid manner and is stopped by cross strap leconnecting the guides. rlhe speed of the carrier causes the pellet inthe pocket to ride up incline 28 and position itself against rear wall29 of the pocket in a position above the shallow wall 3l at the front ofthe pocket and the sudden stoppage of the carrier permits the momentumtheretofore created to discharge the pellet from the pocket over wall 3land out of the muzzle end of the pistol.

l'n order to taire up wear and to provide additional means for stoppingor retarding the forward movement of the carrier, ll prefer to convergethe guides toward the muzzle end of the pistol so as to increase thefriction or drag upon the carrier as it reaches the yforward end of themovement. This, of coursekmay also be accomplished by formingcorrugations 6 and 8 of gradually increasing diameter toward the muzzieor" the pistol7 but l prefer the first mentioned method as it is muchmore convenient to manufacture.

W hat l claim is:

l. A toy comprising a barrel having a pair of vertically spaced guides,a reciprocable carrier movably mounted between said guides and providedwith an open pocket, means for impelling said carrier forwardly in saidguides, a shot magazine formed longitudinally in the upper guide, meansfor releasing shot, one at a time from said magazine whereby said shotgravitate, to the pocket in said carrier, a latch engageable with saidcarrier at the rearward limit of its movement, and means for releasingsaid latch from said carrier whereby the latter is moved forwardly bysaid impelling means for discharging the shot from the pocket insaidcarrier.

2. A toy comprising a barrel having a pair of vertically spaced guides,a reciprocable carrier movably mounted between said guides and providedwith an open pocket, an elastic element operatively connecting saidcarrier to the forward portion of said barrel for impelling said carrierforwardly in said guides, a shot magazine formed longitudinally in theupper guide, means for releasing shot one at a time from said magazinewhereby said shot gravitate to the pocket in said carrier, a latchengageable wit. said carrier at the rearward limit of its movement, andmeans for releasing said latch from said carrier whereby the latter ismoved forwardly by said elastic element for discharging the shot fromthe poclret in said carrier.

3. A. toy comprising a barrel having a pair of vertically spaced guides,a reciprocable carrier movably mounted between said guides and providedwith an open pocket, means for impelling said carrier forwardly in saidguides, a shot magazine formed longitudinally in the upper guide andhaving a discharge aperture adjacent the rear end of said barrel, a feeddog actuated by said carrier to release shot one at a time through saidaperture to gravitate into the pocket in said carrier when the latterhas moved inwardly past said aperture, a, latch for releasably retainingsaid carrier in its rearward position immediately upon passing saidaperture, and a trigger for releasing said latch.

et. ln a shooting toy a barrel structure, a carrier reciprocablethereon, elastic means for moving said carrier forwardly, and aprojectile receiving pocket on said carrier;

said pocket including a transverse front wall and an inclined wall upwhich the projectile is moved during the forward movement of the carrierand from which the projectile is discharged clear of the transverse wallby the stoppage of the carrier. Y

5. A toy of the shooting type, a carrier and a projectile receivingpocket thereon including a vertical transverse wall, and an inclinedwall extending rearwardly from the lower portion thereof, whereby theproject-ile is moved upwardly on said inclined wall during the forwardmovement of the carrier and is discharged clear of the front i wall uponthe stoppage of the carrier.

6. In a toy gun, a projectile carrier and guides therefor comprisingspaced members provided with facing corrugations serving CLAUDE L.BUNTEN.

Witnesses:

R. S. BLOOD, L. E. ARMSTRONG.

